Melchior Teschner

1584-1635

Born: Ap­ril 29, 1584, Frau­stadt, Posen, Preussen (Prussia).

Died: De­cem­ber 1, 1635, Ober­pritsch­en, Po­sen.

Teschner stu­died un­der Jo­hann Klee at the Zit­tau Gym­na­si­um, and en­rolled at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Frank­furt an der Oder in 1602. There he stu­died mu­sic un­der Bar­thol­o­mä­us Ge­si­us, as well as phil­o­so­phy and the­ol­o­gy. He was a can­tor and teach­er in Schmie­gel (1605-8), and at Zum Krip­plein Christi Church, Frau­stadt (1609). In 1614, he was ap­point­ed pas­tor at Ober­pritsch­en.

Sources

• Erickson, p. 408
• Frost, p. 694
• Nutter, p. 466
• Reynolds, p. 421
• Stulken, p. 421

Music

1. St. The­o­dulph
2. Valet Will Ich Dir Ge­ben

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